Midwest Swing with Brandon Warne

Midwest Swing takes a look at baseball from a flyover country perspective. With up-and-coming baseball writer Brandon Warne and a cast of different characters, Midwest Swing will look to keep it light, but still informative and interesting as it pertains to this great game
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Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier get Drew Rucinski, a recent minor-league signing, on the line to talk about his major league experience, growing up in Wisconsin, playing at Ohio State and more -- plus some Twins offseason talk.

Mike Berardino (Pioneer Press) joins Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne to discuss happenings at the Winter Meetings and what a potential Brian Dozier trade would look like before going over Brandon's list of potential veteran suitors for the Twins.

Dustin Nosler (@DustinNosler) of Dodgers Digest joins to discuss a potential Brian Dozier trade from the L.A. side of things, then Brandon Warne breaks down Winter Meetings news with Tom Schreier to end the show.

Mike Berardino (Pioneer Press) joins Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier to talk about the Minnesota Twins adding Torii Hunter, Michael Cuddyer and LaTroy Hawkins as special assistants, plus what Minnesota would have to receive in a Brian Dozier deal and other offseason moves they could make.

Brandon Warne is joined by Josh Kusnick, MLB agent who represents Michael Brantley of the Cleveland Indians, Seth Lugo of the New York Mets and many others to discuss the day in the life of a typical agent, Winter Meetings procedures and many other topics.

Chris from Cleveland joins Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier to discuss the World Series from an Indians fan's perspective, then Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press jumped on to break down the Falvey and Lavine hires and the Minnesota Twins offseason.

Chris from Cleveland calls in to discuss the Indians' chances in the World Series and what the city is like now that the Cavaliers have won a championship, then Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press gets on the horn (15:00) to talk about what the Twins can do to turn things around in the offseason.

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Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press calls in from Detroit where he's covering the Twins series against the Tigers, but due to some technical difficulties it sounds like he's calling in from space.

He and Brandon talk about Dozier's 40th home run, the Twins GM search and more.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

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Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press returns for a second straight week to break down Brian Dozier, Jose Berrios, September call ups and the Twins executive search.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

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Brandon and Tom talk to Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press about the Twins 11 game losing streak, whether Paul Molitor's future is in jeopardy and how the roster might look down the stretch of what has been an underwhelming season.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

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Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Mike Berardino (Pioneer Press) joins Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier to talk about players that could be traded either at the wavier deadline or in the offseason.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

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Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Jeremy Nygaard, minor league and draft contributor to Twins Daily, joins Cold Omaha's Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier to break down the top prospects in the Minnesota Twins minor league system.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

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Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press joins the program to break down big nights from Jose Berrios, Jorge Polanco and of course, Max Kepler. There's also a ton of trade deadline fallout, not only from deals that did get done, but also those that did not.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Ben Duronio (@Ben_Duronio) of Rotographs joins the program to talk all things Atlanta Braves as they're in town to start a quick two-game set with the Twins. They also sneak in a little Aroldis Chapman talk as well as some trade deadline chatter.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Mike Berardino (Pioneer Press) joins Brandon Warne and Tom Schreier to discuss the Minnesota Twins decision to relieve Terry Ryan of his duties and who should replace him.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Chris Cwik (@Chris_Cwik) of Big League Stew (Yahoo! Sports) joins to program to talk his White Sox fandom, the Home Run Derby and break down the hottest -- and not so hot -- teams at the All-Star Break.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Brandon is joined by ColdOmaha.com's Zach Wright and Tom Schreier in the studio, and Mike Berardino calls in from the Pioneer Press to chat about the flurry of moves made by the Twins over the last 48 hours or so. The guys also get into some T-Wolves and Wild offseason talk at the end.

Be sure to follow Brandon (@Brandon_Warne), Tom (@tschreier3) and Mike (@MikeBerardino) on Twitter, as well as the whole Cold Omaha Crew (@ColdOmahaMN).

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb

Brandon and Tom are joined by Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago for the first half of the program to talk about the upcoming series between the Twins and the White Sox, and in the second half #oldfriend Matt Trueblood of Baseball Prospectus and BP Wrigleyville joined the program to talk about the world-beating Cubs team.

Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press joins the program to talk all things Twins, with a little bit of NBA Finals talk mixed in.

All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing!

A Cold Omaha Podcast Network Production

Follow Brandon on Twitter (@Brandon_Warne) https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne Visit the Website: http://www.brandonwarne.com/ Subscribe to Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/midwestswing2s-podcast/id1073026341?mt=2 Get the Show on Stitcher! http://stitcher.com/s?fid=81063&refid=stpr

Music for Midwest Swing is created by & produced by deeB. To hear more of his tracks, check out http://soundcloud.com/deeb